Chapter 44 (1/2)

After eating breakfast, the carriage that was running nonstop has stopped.

First of all, let's speak a little while making dinner. Ivar is still sleeping in the carriage.

「Sapin, build a fire. Also, can you check on Ivar? If he's awake, let him warm his body near the fire」

「s.h.i.+en, can you handle the meat? Ah, don't throw away the bones. I will use it for broth. Let me know when you peel off the skin」

「Iris, I'm going to prepare the water bag. Watch me, okay? Look, you mix the salt, sugar, and water like this. Just a little bit of both is enough. Just enough so you can taste both」

The dinner preparations are first. I have to make firm eyes because we had no lunch.

I also have to let Ivar eat properly because of his injury.

As for my condition…… maa, I slept. I can somehow move around. But, because it wouldn't be good to do it all by myself, I have everyone help me.

Now then, what are the remaining ingredients?

First, the meat. Because s.h.i.+en is handling the Cocco, let's put the bones into the pot. The skin is chopped finely and meat into bite sizes. I put rosemary into the pot.

I chop the sourleaf Elm brought and mix it with the skin and the remaining miso. Un, it became like chicken skin vinegared miso, didn't it?

I was the smaller pot and dissolve jam in it…… as a subst.i.tute for tea.

I take out the bones and rosemary from the big pot and put in the meat.

Ara, what are this red fruit and this leaf?

「Elm, what is this leaf? It's edible, right? What about this red thing?」

「Yes, this leaf is called Epi and is a kind of vegetable, but it's usually quite small. That red fruit is called Kaien」

How does it taste, I wonder? Let's chew a little bit of this leaf. Mogumogu…… I feel a faint spinach taste….. it's just a normal leaf vegetable. Is the flavor light as a because of that?

Is this red fruit actually a cherry tomato, I wonder….. kashu…… hii~ peppe!! Spicy…… burst into flames spicy! A chili pepper? Is such spicy thing commonly eaten around here?

「E, Elm! Do you normally eat this?」

「Yes. I do. It's considerably smaller than usual, though」

I pick one, and toss it into his mouth. Paku!! Peppe!!

See, it would become like that, right?

「S, spicy!」

Un, un. I have a tingling ache inside my mouth.

「It's not usually this spicy」

N?

「It isn't spicy?」

「It shouldn't have such sharp taste, but……」

Is it related to size?